Ornamentation and method for the same



Nov. 5, 1935. M, H; WAGMAN 2,020,007

ORNAMENTATION AND METHOD FOR THE SAME Filed Feb. 14, 1934 METAL .74601. vE/vr. *Z5/neral. 701. EA THER im ZCELLULo/o c f- 7`H 7150457741..

Patented Nov. 5, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE ORNAMENTATION AND METHOD FOB THE SAME 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to the art of ornamentation, and more particularly to the structure and means for attaching letters, monograms, and other configurations to ladies pocket books, hand bags and other articles to which the same are or may be attached.

Hand bags and the like are usually made of imitation leather or other pliable material coated with pyroxylin or the like, and various means have been employed for afllxing to the pyroxylin surface selected leather and the like after purchase of the bag as by this method the merchant does not have to maintain large quantities of different styles of bags in stock and a greater variety of the goods may be displayed and the merchant need only m'aintain the necessary quantity of letters or the like for application to the goods f after a selection of the goods is made.

One of the old methods used is to provide the letters, of metal or the like, with prongs which penetrate the bag wall and have to be up-set or turned over to hold the letters in place. 'I'his results in an article which is not entirely satisfactory as the letters themselves and the prongs catch in clothing and other articles and the letters are easily detached and do not lie ilat against the surface of the bag and consequently do not present a neat and nished product. In this old method a thin piece of metal shaped to the confiuraton of a letter, initial or ornament is backed by a prong or prongs. This prong is passed through the side of the leather bag and upset.

The purpose of this invention is to overcome the above'disadvantages and to provide a structure and method which admits the application of the initial or ornament subsequent to the selection of a particular bag, and so secure the initial or ornament thereto that the latter becomes an integral part of the wall of the bag and lies flat thereagainst and presents no corners or projections either within or at the outer side of the bag and provides a neat smooth product.

Cement and glue have also been used to secure metal and composition initials and ornaments to the outer surfaces of bags and the like but these means are not satisfactory as m'oisture andfiexing and rubbing of the bag results in the peeling off of the initials and the disflgurement of the bag.

Another object of this invention is to provide a composite celluloid-backed metal initial or ornament and a solvent for the celluloid back and the pyroxylin outer face of the bag so 'that the proper initial or ornament may be applied to the selected bag in a manner wherein the outer face united under desirable conditions and by a sep- 10 arate method to insure adherence therebetween.

A further object is to provide means for attaching a suitably backed initial or ornament the substantial integral wherein the entire surface area of the backing 15 is secured in homogeneous and integral contact or relation to the outer face of pyroxylin or like covered bags and a smoothly fastened initial or ornament results without projections or loose corners.

20 With the foregoing and other objects in view,

the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing. wherein like symbols refer to 25 like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pyroxylin hand bag having initials applied thereto according to the present invention'.

30 Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of a blank composite sheet of celluloid with a metal facing from which initials or ornaments desired may be stamped or cut.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional 35 view of an ornament or initial as rst applied to the Wall of the bag by a solvent, and

Figure 4 is a like view showing the resultant fused structure after solvent has evaporated.

Referring now to the drawing, article, such as a ladys hand bag as shown, which is composed of a base fabric or imitation leather covered by a facing I I of pyroxylin or other suitable material subject to the action of a solventA It is to articles or bags of this general structure 45 that the present invention applies in a novel manner the novel initial or ornamental structure.

As shown in Figure 2, a composite blank sheet is first produced having a backing I2 of celluloid and a facing I3 of metal. The metal are securely united under heat and pressure and under conditions which cannot be subsequently had in the application of initials to bags at the time of purchase of the bags, so that the composite sheet may be produced under the 5| I Il designates an 40 celluloid and the 50 most favorable conditions to secure the lasers together from any possible separation during use throughout their entire surface areas.

The initials or ornaments are stamped or cut from this composite sheet, and each element thus cut has an outer nished face il of metal and a backing i2 of celluloid. The terms celluloid and pyroxylin are used herein but it is to be understood that the materials may be substituted which have the necessary characteristics to carry out the purposes of this invention.

rl'he characteristics of the attachable element backing i2 and facing ii of the bag must be substantially the same as to solubility, and when it is desired to apply a selected initial or ornament to a selected bag I0 a solvent Il is coated or applied over the back I2 of the initial, preferably, and the initial is then pressed and held against the face il of the bag for a short period of time until the solvent il evaporates andthe contacting surface portions of the face Il of the bag and the celluloid backing I2 of the attachable element fuse together and set into an integral connecting film or layer I5, as illustrated in Figure 4.

The metal facing of the initial or ornament is thus made practically an integral portion of the bag I0 and the fusion takes place over the entire surface area of the backing I2 so that there can be no loose corners or projections of the initial at the outer side of the bag. Further, it is not necessary to use prongs or other devices puncturing and injuring the wall of the bas.

The celluloid sheet backing I2 may contain approximately 80% nitro-cellulose and about 20% camphor while the pyroxylin covering Il of the bag may contain 25% nitro-cellulose, 25% pigment, and castor oil.

While various known solvents may be used in the combination, the acetates amyl and butyl may be mentioned. One good solvent contains equal proportions of butyl acetate and butyl alcohol.

As for the combined substance when joined together, of celluloid and pyroxylin with the solvent, after combining no actual change has taken place in the nished article as the solvent melts the celluloid putting that in a semi-liquid state and does exactly the same thing to pyroxylin, and in the process of dryinU, this solvent evaporates completely leaving the chemical formula of the finished article that of celluloid and pyronlin combined; whereas celluloid having two parts in its formula and pyroxylin having three parts in its formula, the combined substance has five parts, the solvent used having completely disappeared in evaporation.

It is necessary only to provide a celluloid backing i2 of sufficient thickness to admit proper 5 fusion thereof with the pyroxylin face il of the bag without disturbing the adherence of the backing i2 to its metal face i3.

The invention is vsuch that the uniting of the metal face i3 with the backing sheet I2 may be 10 carried on independently of the manufacturing of the bag, and the bag is not subjected to heat or other operations not available to the merchant, and such that the only operation necessary for the merchant to perform is to apply the solvent 15 coating I4 to the back of the initial or ornament and press it to the face of the bag with the result that the initial is united to the bag wall in a very quick and simple manner and can be efilciently carried out by any one in the stores when 2o the bag is sold to the customer, the initials conforming to those desired by the customer.

The product is a bag having an integral initial thereon, but which is applied to the bag only after both the bag and the initial have been sepa- 25 rately manufactured.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing 30 from the spirit thereof, such changes and modiilcations being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed isz- 1. In combination, a bag structure of flexible material. a pyroxylin coating on the surface of the material, a metallic initial or ornament having a exibility less than the bag, a celluloid backing on the initial, and a solvent interposed between the celluloid backing and the pyroxylin 40 covering to secure the initial on the surface of the material.

2. The method of mounting a substantially non-flexible initial or ornament on a flexible pyroxylin covered member at room temperature 46 consisting of initially applying a celluloid backing to the initial, applying an unheated solvent to the unheated backing of the initial and the unheated pyroxylin covering of the member, and pressing the initial with its backing against the .o member to fuse the initial backing to the member covering.

MORRIS H. WAGMAN. 

